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The song is about how much someone misses somebody when that person is gone or away; in this case, the man is far away in London, while the woman is in a U.S. City (either New York City or Los Angeles, both are mentioned in the song but it is unclear which city she is in).

In this ballad, lead singer Brad Arnold duets with the legendary Bob Seger, who happened to be recording at the same studio as 3 Doors Down in 2004, working on his album Face the Promise. Asked by the band's manager if he would like to sing on the song, Seger surprisingly agreed,[1] which had happened only on very rare occasions throughout his musical career. Previously he had only collaborated four times with other singers and stated that he had hated it every single time. According to bass player Todd Harrell, Bob Seger felt different about this song, because it seemed like something he could have written himself.[2] The song is reminiscent of one of Seger's own classic compositions, 1973's "Turn the Page".

A music video was made for the single and premiered in early 2006. However, Seger does not appear in the video, which uses a different version of the song without his vocal part. An acoustic version of the song (also without Seger) appears on Acoustic EP.

On August 2, 2005, Seger made an unexpected guest appearance at the 3 Doors Down concert at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan and performed "Landing in London" live with the band. Afterwards Brad Arnold told the crowd that they had just witnessed one of the best moments in his life.[3]

During 3 Doors Down's co-headlining tour with Daughtry, Chris Daughtry would come on stage during the song and sing Seger's vocal part.